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Welcome to Academic Support at the University of Idaho College of Law.
Academic Support is designed to help all University of Idaho law students maximize their law school success. We have three areas of emphasis:
Contact Us
Please visit the Academic Support Office in Room 123C of the Student Services Suite. Or contact the director in any of the following ways:
E-mail: lawsupport@uidaho.edu
Phone: 208-885-6211
Fax: 208-885-5709
Mail: Academic Support Director
University of Idaho College of Law
P.O. Box 442321
Moscow, Idaho 83844-2321
Law students: please make all appointments through Symplicity: go to https://law-uidaholaw-csm.symplicity.com/. Information on making appointments is on the home page.
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Academic Advising and Law Student Handbook
Academic Support coordinates the College's academic advising program. All students are welcome to come to Academic Support for help in planning their academic careers. Academic Support also prepares the Law Student Handbook.
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Academic Counseling
The director works individually and in small groups with law students wishing to achieve their personal best in law school. Academic counseling is available to all students, whatever their class rank. Many top students have improved their already-good performance by learning time-effective study skills.
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Academic Skills Workshops
Workshops on key skills for academic success are given by the director, College of Law professors, and other experts. Workshops are open to all students.
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Bar Admission
Academic Support presents bar admissions and bar exam workshops, maintains updated information on the bar admissions process for all 50 states, and sponsors presentations on bar admissions by bar examiners and graders.
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Early Welcome Program
Early Welcome is an intensive four-day pre-orientation program designed to foster active, collaborative learning and a skills-based approach to law studies. The program is limited to 25 members of the entering 1L class. Early Welcome participants reflect the broad diversity of entering students, with grades and LSAT scores that mirror those of the class as a whole.
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LL.M. and S.J.D. Information
The Advanced Law Degree Programs web page lists advanced law degree programs offered by U.S. and Canadian law schools.
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Peer Advisor Program
All first-year students are assigned a 2L or 3L peer advisor, who conducts weekly study sessions emphasizing academic skills.
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Resource Library
The Academic Support Office contains a Resource Library of over 400 reference books and study aids covering all first-year subjects and most upper-division subjects. All students are welcome to use the Resource Library. Also see Academic Support's Recommended Reading List.
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Scholarship Information
The University of Idaho College of Law has the nation's most comprehensive listing of outside scholarships available to law students at the University of Idaho and other ABA-accredited law schools.
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Study Abroad and Summer Study Information
Annually updated is a comprehensive listing of all ABA-accredited summer programs for law study abroad. Programs are listed both by country and by law school. Also listed are specialized U.S. law summer study programs.
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Support Services
Academic Support offers confidential support and referrals for law students experiencing non-academic issues (including, but not limited to, family issues, financial need, health issues, and stress) that may interfere with their well-being or academic success.
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Writing Competitions Information
Academic Support maintains a comprehensive list of current and annual legal writing competitions.
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